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Read Full Chapter (Proverbs 14) Proverbs 14:8-9 KJV
"The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit. Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour."
Proverbs 14:8-9 in Context (Verses 5–12 KJV)
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A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
6
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
7
Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
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The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
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Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
10
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.*
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The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
12
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.